Of course 15 years of hard labour is excessive for such a petty misdeed. But when you travel to a country, you adhere to the rules. It's clear that when you're in North Korea, you have to behave according to their laws. If you don't, you get harsh punishment.

This idiot should have known better than to anger the North Korean government.

Of course 15 years of hard labour is excessive for such a petty misdeed. But when you travel to a country, you adhere to the rules. It's clear that when you're in North Korea, you have to behave according to their laws. If you don't, you get harsh punishment.

This idiot should have known better than to anger the North Korean government.

How about the 25 years US sentenced Victor Bout for competing in sales of weapons with his Israeli competitors? Is that too much? He has never even been in USA before having been kidnapped by the CIA